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If there are 20 people in an English class and 17 are from South America but 3 are
from Asia, then "the students are mostly from South America."
There is also a difference between "most of" and "almost all." "Most of" means
more than 50%, and "almost all" means close to 100%.
If 70% of the senators voted to approve a new law, then most of them voted
in favor of it.
If 97% of the senators voted to approve a new law, then almost all of them
voted in favor of it.
alone / lonely / only
Alone means “by yourself” – there is nobody else with you:
I like to take long walks alone so that I have time to think.
He got up and left the restaurant, leaving me alone at the table.
Lonely means “feeling sad and isolated” – it is a negative emotion.
I was lonely on my first day of class because I didn’t have any friends.
She can’t stand being single; she says she feels lonely
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